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Diamond Dave
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Thanks Albert, so in someways you are thinking along the same lines as me.....?
But the main thing is you are not telling me I am a muppet for thinking about it.
Murrays' post also 'suggested' it could be a good opportunity.
Where I got my birds from, they sent their young birds to 430 miles so I am thinking the yearlings should do 500 easily.
Bowbroom
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It’s not so much about the distance but the conditions on the day and it’s that determines the time on the wing
600 miles into a warm tail wind is a world away from 400 miles into a stiff head wind
Diamond Dave
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Thanks for that BB. - do you have a good long range weather forecast that you use.?
I use XC weather and the bbc weather app which doesnt do France. I also like the BBC weather map UK
which gives you a good graphic of cloud and rain down as far as Spain but nothing that forecasts beyond 5 or 7 days.
Bowbroom
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Try the Met office site
Murray
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Bowbroom wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 6:02 pm It’s not so much about the distance but the conditions on the day and it’s that determines the time on the wing
600 miles into a warm tail wind is a world away from 400 miles into a stiff head wind
That's right, it's the hours on the wing that get them.
Greetings from the land down under. :D
Blessed is he who expecteth nothing, for verily, he shall not be disappointed.
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